Crime Score for ZIP 60146, Kirkland, IL
Kirkland · Boone County · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 70.20% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#7,783
of 14,733 scored ZIPs
Illinois rank
#274
of 482 in state
Score index
39.7
crime intensity
Snapshot
September 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 60146 covers part of Kirkland in Boone County, Illinois. In September 2026 it scored in the 29.8th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #7,783, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Illinois it ranks #274 of 482. That is 16.2 points below the Illinois median of 46.0.
Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.
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Questions about 60146
- Is ZIP code 60146 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 60146 scores in the 29.8th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 60146 calculated?
- SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
- How does 60146 compare with the rest of Illinois?
- It ranks #274 of 482 scored ZIP codes in Illinois, against a state median of the 46.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,783 of 14,733.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.